SARS-CoV-2 Transmission From People Without COVID-19 Symptoms.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiology of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is readily transmitted person to person. Optimal control of COVID-19 depends on directing resources and health messaging to mitigation efforts that are most likely to prevent transmission, but the relative importance of such measures has been disputed.

Objective

To assess the proportion of SARS-CoV-2 transmissions in the community that likely occur from persons without symptoms.

Design, setting, and participants

This decision analytical model assessed the relative amount of transmission from presymptomatic, never symptomatic, and symptomatic individuals across a range of scenarios in which the proportion of transmission from people who never de

SUBMITTER: Johansson MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7791354 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature